Indeed, although I consider VG247 to be a lot more credible (they actually attend and are among the first to publish all the E3/GamesCom/TGS etc event news) than some of the past sites who reported the rumor... so here's to hoping, eh?

Didn't Sony say that there weren't going to be any new firmware updates for the rest of the year?

I don't really believe this will happen. If it does, it would be nice but I'm not getting my hopes up.

No, Sony said there weren't going to be any major firmware updates for the rest of the year.

it seems within each firmware version that gets released on the PS3, there's always someone saying that cross game chat will be included. i don't believe this rumor and everyone shouldn't get there hopes up. cross chat will come eventually, but i don't see it coming soon.